Creativity and New Media

This Easter Sunday my grandfather, a former New York City Fire Fighter, came over to celebrated the religious holiday with us. We surprised him by going up to the attic and finding his old uniform and helmet, as well as his Army jacket. He thought that it had been thrown away so he was very surprised to see it. We thought it was such a great picture to share with others because he was such a hero. I decided to post this picture to Facebook. I was able to Hashtag #FDNY so that other people who search FDNY can come across the picture as well. I was also able to tag his children and other grandchildren who did not make it to Easter dinner. What I found most interesting is that one of my second cousins who had seen the picture was able to click the "share" button which allowed him to repost  the picture on his page. This cousin actually works at the same fire house and uses the same number in honor of my grandfather. Once he shared this picture on his wall all of his co workers who work in the same fire house as he did were able to see the picture as well. Not only did I post it to Facebook but I posted it to Twitter and Instagram as well. Although my grandfather has no idea what social media or new media is at all, it was nice to be able to share his picture with family, friends and other fireman as well.